A ransomware infection from last year cost the Pennsylvania Senate over $700,000. According to a recent report, the ransomware attack encrypted their entire IT system. The original ransom demand was about 28 bitcoin, equal to $30,000. State officials followed best practices and declined to pay the ransom. Even if you give in to the ransom demand, there is no guarantee you will get your data back and you are simply funding cyber criminals and allowing their attacks to perpetua